A call to re-distribute power

[Randika Lawson De Mel]

An Online Consultation to Strengthen Community Ownership was held on Saturday, July 24th 2021 from 10.30am to 12.00pm IST. 1) To create awareness of the importance of strengthening community ownership in evaluation studies. 2) To develop individual actions and actions by community and organizations for community ownership in evaluation for the Asia Pacific Region. On behalf of communities in Asia pacific, the torch was accepted by Ribansi Nongbsap and Rida Kurbah, indigenous youth community members from India, Udeshika Jayapali, Sri Lanka Evaluation Association Indigenous Community Project Lead and Jhank Shrestha, General Secretary of Nepal Evaluation Society.

A snapshot of the conversations

1. We defined who is the community?
2. What do we mean by community ownership particularly in evaluation?
3. Why community ownership in Evaluation?
4. What is the role of evaluators and development professionals"

• Change ‘our’ mindset 
• Enabling space where voices are considered regardless of status
• Evaluators have to make a case for social justice
• Principle of ‘No one left behind’ in SDGs

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https://www.asiapacificeval.org/post/reshape-how-we-think-about-dev...